CarelessAndConfused Posted March 7, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Since Princess is offering a $200 OBC for those who will go on their March cruise, and since I don't know what to do with that OBC, is the proper play (can I?) for me to cancel prepaid gratuities and let the OBC pay for that? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
franktown Posted March 7, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Good use of OBC. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
drowelf Posted March 7, 2020 #3 Share Posted March 7, 2020 28 minutes ago, CarelessAndConfused said: Since Princess is offering a $200 OBC for those who will go on their March cruise, and since I don't know what to do with that OBC, is the proper play (can I?) for me to cancel prepaid gratuities and let the OBC pay for that? You can't find anything to spend $200 on a cruise ship? There is Dining, Stores, Drinks (unless you have a drink package too) & Shore Excursions? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Thrak Posted March 7, 2020 #4 Share Posted March 7, 2020 If you are the one who pre-paid them I don't see an issue. If they were a perk then that's a different story. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
CarelessAndConfused Posted March 7, 2020 Author #5 Share Posted March 7, 2020 So I got my $200 and I canceled the prepaid grats as well as a couple of excursions I paid cash for. And then, I rebooked the excursions via OBC and will let the remaining OBC handle the gratuities and the $100-150 of drinking and specialty dining that I may do which should bring me close to zero. Link to post Share on other sites
Italy52 Posted March 7, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 7, 2020 29 minutes ago, CarelessAndConfused said: So I got my $200 and I canceled the prepaid grats as well as a couple of excursions I paid cash for. And then, I rebooked the excursions via OBC and will let the remaining OBC handle the gratuities and the $100-150 of drinking and specialty dining that I may do which should bring me close to zero. Has your $200 OBC already been posted to your account? If so, where did you find it listed? Our cruise is in May and we are keeping our reservation and will be entitled to the $200 OBC credit as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CarelessAndConfused Posted March 7, 2020 Author #7 Share Posted March 7, 2020 29 minutes ago, Italy52 said: Has your $200 OBC already been posted to your account? If so, where did you find it listed? Our cruise is in May and we are keeping our reservation and will be entitled to the $200 OBC credit as well. It posted in my March cruise under "Payments". I did not receive anything yet for my 4 other cruises this year, 2 of which are in May. Link to post Share on other sites
Italy52 Posted March 7, 2020 #8 Share Posted March 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, CarelessAndConfused said: It posted in my March cruise under "Payments". I did not receive anything yet for my 4 other cruises this year, 2 of which are in May. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Oscar13 Posted March 7, 2020 #9 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Just looked at my end of May booking and the $200 is there. Link to post Share on other sites
tanyaewa Posted March 8, 2020 #10 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 3/6/2020 at 4:42 PM, CarelessAndConfused said: Since Princess is offering a $200 OBC for those who will go on their March cruise, and since I don't know what to do with that OBC, is the proper play (can I?) for me to cancel prepaid gratuities and let the OBC pay for that? Yes. Good idea Link to post Share on other sites
frugaltravel Posted March 8, 2020 #11 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 3/6/2020 at 7:11 PM, drowelf said: You can't find anything to spend $200 on a cruise ship? There is Dining, Stores, Drinks (unless you have a drink package too) & Shore Excursions? I spend very little onboard. Don't drink. Don't gamble. Buy very little onboard. Usually take independent excursions. My account onboard is very small. Link to post Share on other sites
tinkky Posted March 8, 2020 #12 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I usually spend it on the shop for gifts for friends 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MissP22 Posted March 8, 2020 #13 Share Posted March 8, 2020 13 hours ago, tinkky said: I usually spend it on the shop for gifts for friends That's what they're hoping for. Link to post Share on other sites
PtownGirlz-NH Posted March 8, 2020 #14 Share Posted March 8, 2020 One way to use non-refundable OBC is to load the amount onto a machine in casino, play a few times, then cash out remaining balance at bursars desk. I’ve done that in the past last day of cruise. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ckb104 Posted March 9, 2020 #15 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I just looked and the credit has shown up for our May 24th cruise. Link to post Share on other sites
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